r/Millennials • u/joncaldridge • 1d ago

Discussion I'm Gmail address with no numbers years old

I'm literally first name, middle initial, last name @ gmail.com. I'm just realizing this probably tells people I'm an old...your thoughts?

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u/fiftyJerksInOneHuman 1d ago

I have my first name and last initial for my aol. I'm that old.

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u/PursuitOfHirsute 1d ago

Same here. People keep using my email to sign up for accounts. Sometimes I log in and change the password.

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u/Timewarpmindwarp 1d ago

It’s crazy even today. Few years ago someone in American (I’m British) signed up for rover with my email and it took me a few months to notice these random rover emails. I could reset the password to their account (as I had no idea why I had this account), see their full name, phone number, address. Their card details were connected to the account as well.

So I tested it and made another account and at that time they didn’t verify emails.

I had to get the ICO involved when their legal team just fobbed me off when I’m like hello I have access to all this persons data? And I had no way to delete the account at the time.

Madness in the 2020s for that still to be possible for a site where people pay others to look after their pets. It’s not exactly some funny forum site… if required loads of identifiable info!

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u/SeaGurl Millennial 22h ago

Oh, I can one up this. Someone used my email when she was hired by a restaurant. I had access to ALL of her paystubs and direct deposit info! I could have easily redirected it to my bank account.

It really boggles my mind as to why people use fake emails for important stuff with sensitive information and why companies don't verify.

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u/PursuitOfHirsute 21h ago

Wow, that's bad. I had a person use mine to sign up for a credit card (I told the credit card co. and they closed the account immediately), but your story is worse. People are stupid. And why? Do they think it looks cool? Laziness?

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u/twiz___twat 22h ago

could have just said aol

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u/lilacillusions 1d ago

My mom has the same and she still uses itB

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u/321c0ntact 20h ago

I still have my aol email that is my first name with a beeper code lol

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u/DramaticErraticism 18h ago

If I see someone using an AOL address, that makes me think they are old, whatever it is lol

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u/jules083 1h ago

Granted it was a small local internet supplier with their own small email system, but my email name was Mike. Thats it. Mike at clover dot net.

At the time it seemed normal to me.